Etsy.com Activated!!
I've been making a couple flower garlands recently and just posted them on Etsy.com
Check out my Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Sphinx
"Rose Red Garland"
"Autumn Renaissance Garland"
So, I've recently gone from a size 16 to a size 14 in my jeans. I came here to Wy wearing my old size 16's and had to go up to an 18, but now I'm at a 14 and UNDER 200lbs -FINALLY!!!!
I've been doing 3 hours a week of Zumba but I just got myself a month's membership to the YMCA where I go for my Zumba classes and this coming week I'll step it up to 4x's a week and then after that I'll try the 5x's a week.
-My Zumba class is M-F; Mon., Wed., and Fri. is regular Zumba and Tues. and Thurs. is Zumba (different moves) with hand-held weights. -Lot's of lunging in that class. (ouch!!)
So far I've only been doing M, W, and Fridays -only once trying out the weight class and it was HARD!! But I'm going to keep pushing myself.
Up 'till today I've been weighing and measuring myself every Sat. and keeping track of my weight-loss. Now I'm going to start doing that every OTHER sat.
I'm very proud of myself: since leaving NY for WY I've cut out alot of crap from my diet. I don't drink cokes all that often anymore (maybe two a month), I've cut WAAAY back on chips and dip consumption, not eating wings every night (at all, actually), not doing pizza all the time either(rarely), and ice cream has become a rare luxury.
Now I eat ALOT of Yoplait yogurt and some fruit, I've cut out ham from my lunch sandwiches and am now eating chicken lunch meat with lettuce on my regular whole-wheat bread. Carrots and broccoli with some Ranch dip, and occasionally a granola thingy with some dark chocolate on it. I'm drinking alot more water every day than I 'ever' have. I don't eat late at night anymore and when I rarely do it's a bowl of cereal.
Where I used to pick up Lucky Charms and other sugary cereals I now eat the apple-cinnamon cheerios and the fruit-filled mini frosted wheat cereals. And instead of fatty ice cream, I'm doing sugar-free sherbets.
It's odd...the scale isn't reflecting my weight-loss a whole lot, but I'm seeing the difference in the fit of my clothes and in my reflection in the full-length mirrors around the house. I'm building muscle through my Zumba work-outs...especially in my calves, and I know that muscle weighs more than fat, but still....
I've picked up some hand-held weights to do pec-exercises before bed...haven't been great about doing those lately, but I'll be changing out.
I'm doing really good. Got my driver's permit last week and have been doing a little driving with my mom's husband recently -outside of a parking lot!;D (I'm 'finally' getting the feel of my stick-shift)
Also, have now hit a full 2mos. with my new job and haven't missed one day. I've been late a few times but no more than 5mins., if that. All the other times I've been either early or right on time.
I'm really proud of myself.:)
Also, as of tomorrow afternoon I'll be two payments down on paying off my credit card completely. I'll have three more left after tomorrow and then it's done and gone. Then one more month and I'll have my mom totally paid off before I start saving back hard-core for my own place and 'hopefully' a few pieces of furniture.
-I've already started looking around at used furniture shops and on craigslist. The mattress I want brand-new, the rest can be used, of course.
(I'm sorry, but I have "issues" with sleeping on a mattress that someone else has done who-knows-what on....yeah, there's a sheet (maybe) protecting it...but c'mon! It's a thin layer of fabric, how's that 'really' protecting the mattress from anything? It's not!!!)
In April or May I'll be taking over the insurance for my car and 'hopefully' paying on it at 6mos. at a time.
And I 'should' be getting hired permanently next month and then two months after that I'll have my insurance and will start getting my teeth 'finally' taken care -which I'm 'very' much looking forward to....I'm 'very' self-conscious about them.:(
I'm still missing Dallas like crazy and still LOVE him so very much and want him back, but I'm trying my best to concentrate on me and fix my own issues. I'm trying to get myself to where I should already be.
I'm working on my issues of laziness, procrastination, and always being late. Still procrastinating on some things, but so far doing alot better with the lateness and laziness. A definite plus.:)
And I'm hoping to get myself into a college out here next Spring (by that point I'll have been here a year and considered a full-fledged denizen of WY. and will have the rest of my shit sorted out).
I feel like I'm 'finally' getting to what I should already be doing and while I'm really late at it all...it's better late than never.
To demonstrate some of my weight-loss:
(I realize this one is hard to see due to the jacket-thingy and the flash...but trust me, this is BIG!! This is me in my size 14's)
and
Check out my Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Sphinx
"Rose Red Garland"
"Autumn Renaissance Garland"
So, I've recently gone from a size 16 to a size 14 in my jeans. I came here to Wy wearing my old size 16's and had to go up to an 18, but now I'm at a 14 and UNDER 200lbs -FINALLY!!!!
I've been doing 3 hours a week of Zumba but I just got myself a month's membership to the YMCA where I go for my Zumba classes and this coming week I'll step it up to 4x's a week and then after that I'll try the 5x's a week.
-My Zumba class is M-F; Mon., Wed., and Fri. is regular Zumba and Tues. and Thurs. is Zumba (different moves) with hand-held weights. -Lot's of lunging in that class. (ouch!!)
So far I've only been doing M, W, and Fridays -only once trying out the weight class and it was HARD!! But I'm going to keep pushing myself.
Up 'till today I've been weighing and measuring myself every Sat. and keeping track of my weight-loss. Now I'm going to start doing that every OTHER sat.
I'm very proud of myself: since leaving NY for WY I've cut out alot of crap from my diet. I don't drink cokes all that often anymore (maybe two a month), I've cut WAAAY back on chips and dip consumption, not eating wings every night (at all, actually), not doing pizza all the time either(rarely), and ice cream has become a rare luxury.
Now I eat ALOT of Yoplait yogurt and some fruit, I've cut out ham from my lunch sandwiches and am now eating chicken lunch meat with lettuce on my regular whole-wheat bread. Carrots and broccoli with some Ranch dip, and occasionally a granola thingy with some dark chocolate on it. I'm drinking alot more water every day than I 'ever' have. I don't eat late at night anymore and when I rarely do it's a bowl of cereal.
Where I used to pick up Lucky Charms and other sugary cereals I now eat the apple-cinnamon cheerios and the fruit-filled mini frosted wheat cereals. And instead of fatty ice cream, I'm doing sugar-free sherbets.
It's odd...the scale isn't reflecting my weight-loss a whole lot, but I'm seeing the difference in the fit of my clothes and in my reflection in the full-length mirrors around the house. I'm building muscle through my Zumba work-outs...especially in my calves, and I know that muscle weighs more than fat, but still....
I've picked up some hand-held weights to do pec-exercises before bed...haven't been great about doing those lately, but I'll be changing out.
I'm doing really good. Got my driver's permit last week and have been doing a little driving with my mom's husband recently -outside of a parking lot!;D (I'm 'finally' getting the feel of my stick-shift)
Also, have now hit a full 2mos. with my new job and haven't missed one day. I've been late a few times but no more than 5mins., if that. All the other times I've been either early or right on time.
I'm really proud of myself.:)
Also, as of tomorrow afternoon I'll be two payments down on paying off my credit card completely. I'll have three more left after tomorrow and then it's done and gone. Then one more month and I'll have my mom totally paid off before I start saving back hard-core for my own place and 'hopefully' a few pieces of furniture.
-I've already started looking around at used furniture shops and on craigslist. The mattress I want brand-new, the rest can be used, of course.
(I'm sorry, but I have "issues" with sleeping on a mattress that someone else has done who-knows-what on....yeah, there's a sheet (maybe) protecting it...but c'mon! It's a thin layer of fabric, how's that 'really' protecting the mattress from anything? It's not!!!)
In April or May I'll be taking over the insurance for my car and 'hopefully' paying on it at 6mos. at a time.
And I 'should' be getting hired permanently next month and then two months after that I'll have my insurance and will start getting my teeth 'finally' taken care -which I'm 'very' much looking forward to....I'm 'very' self-conscious about them.:(
I'm still missing Dallas like crazy and still LOVE him so very much and want him back, but I'm trying my best to concentrate on me and fix my own issues. I'm trying to get myself to where I should already be.
I'm working on my issues of laziness, procrastination, and always being late. Still procrastinating on some things, but so far doing alot better with the lateness and laziness. A definite plus.:)
And I'm hoping to get myself into a college out here next Spring (by that point I'll have been here a year and considered a full-fledged denizen of WY. and will have the rest of my shit sorted out).
I feel like I'm 'finally' getting to what I should already be doing and while I'm really late at it all...it's better late than never.
To demonstrate some of my weight-loss:
(I realize this one is hard to see due to the jacket-thingy and the flash...but trust me, this is BIG!! This is me in my size 14's)
and